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Today we’re announcing a developer release of the Jua Kali Miner - an open source project that allows farmers and small industries to make use of their excess solar energy to mine Bitcoin. With a live demo at #abc25

What an incredible meetup we had, graced by the @tando_me team. Hearing how they discovered Bitcoin and why they are building on it was truly inspiring. This was exactly what our community needed, providing motivation and insight into Bitcoin’s real-world impact.

GUEST SPEAKER SESSION !!! We are happy to host our final session tomorrow for cohort 10 : The Intersection of Bitcoin & Human Rights.🌍 After weeks of learning how Bitcoin works, we are wrapping up with a deep dive into why #Bitcoin is Freedom Tech for people everywhere. We are happy to hear from @ck_SNARKs , building at @HRF , on how Bitcoin protects human rights globally. The session will be co-hosted by @MukunguFelix As usual, our guest sessions are open to everyone! The link will be shared in our community groups right before we start. See y'all there! 🔥📚 BITCOIN FOR EVERYONE !

Hash price is brutal but life goes on

BITCOIN UNCONFERENCE 03: Building the Future Together! 🇰🇪⚡️ We are excited to announce our next major event: Bitcoin Unconference 03, happening right here in Nairobi, Kenya, this April!🙌 In collaboration with and supported by @MyFirstBitcoin_ , this Unconference is all about bringing together grassroots projects from across the East African region. Our goal is to strengthen the local #Bitcoin community by providing a space where young, upcoming projects can showcase their work, build their confidence, and learn directly from more experienced builders in the space. This is a free entry event, and we’re super excited to be hosting over 10 grassroots projects that are making a real difference. Whether you’re a newbie, an expert, or a #Bitcoin educator, this is the place to connect, network, and grow. Event Details: 📅 Date: April 4th, 2026 📍 Location: Sarit Centre, Nairobi ⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EAT Don't miss out! Slots are limited for this full-day event, so please RSVP as soon as possible to secure your spot. RSVP : #events" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thecore.africa/#events BITCOIN FOR EVERYONE

The end of Bitcoin mining gaslighting in mainstream media Litmaps, a powerful research tracking tool, reveals that patient zero for all junk science on Bitcoin's environmental impact was a single 6 page "commentary" by Alex de Vries. (A commentary in the context of an academic journal means a short opinion piece that does not to go through a full peer-review process and which does not use novel empirical data). The method he used to claim that Bitcoin's environmental damage was a growing concern was his fundamentally flawed "energy use per transactions" method (Bitcoin energy use does not come from its transactions, therefore it can scale transaction volume exponentially without increasing emissions). de Vries' metric was later debunked in no fewer than 4 separate academic journals as part of full length academic papers. *Masanet et al 2019 researchgate.net/publication/33… *Dittmar et al. 2019 nature.com/articles/s4155… *Sedlmeir et al, 2020 link.springer.com/article/10.100… *Sai and Vraken 2023 #br0070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The entire body of de Vries' work was systematically debunked by Sai and Vranken in late 2023 source: #br0070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Immediately after Sai & Vranken's study, all mainstream media outlets stopped covering de Vries' Bitcoin "research" In fact, 22 mainstream media outlets have now flipped to covering Bitcoin's environmental benefits (source: x.com/DSBatten/statu…) which have been well established in 24 peer reviewed full length academic studies. (source: lnkd.in/gdH4wvw7) A further 15 sustainability media outlets are now also covering Bitcoin mining's environmental benefits: source: lnkd.in/gdH4wvw7 But just as years after the myth "all fats cause cholesterol" was debunked, many people are still unaware of the science, the same is true of Bitcoin mining In both cases, the population was misinformed over many years. As a result, many people are still unaware that the contemporary academic literature, case studies and grid operators themselves all overwhelmingly support Bitcoin mining's environmental benefits source: x.com/DSBatten/statu… It is only a matter of time before policymakers, regulators, political leaders and investment committees catch up. Once they do we will see mainstream adoption of Bitcoin, and mainstream adoption of Bitcoin mining as part of climate action (aka: what the peer reviewed research tells us it is) source: x.com/compose/articl… While many media outlets are now objectively commenting on Bitcoin, others (Financial Times, The Economist, Verge, Wired, New Scientist) have simply pivoted to changing the type of Bitcoin misinformation they publish.

Dodoma was fun! Talking about bitcoin mining for Tanzania! 🇹🇿 ⛏️

For many users, especially younger, digitally aware populations without regular internet access @Machankura8333 significantly lowers barriers to Bitcoin onboarding, making Bitcoin usage more akin to existing mobile money behaviors. Beyond peer-to-peer transfers, users can spend Bitcoin with partner platforms connected via Lightning Network integrations: in Kenya, Bitcoin from Machankura wallets can be transferred to services like @tando_me and converted to M-PESA credit; in South Africa, local off-ramp partner @MoneyBadgerPay has integrated Lightning into point-of-sale systems covering hundreds of thousands of merchant locations. #bitcoinforafrica bitcoinnews.africa/machankura-bit…

@tando_me Great visual to go with the thesis. 👍

Ideating. 💡 Would it be useful to Bitcoin Circular Economies to be able to VISUALIZE their local economy? See where the system is leaking value back into the fiat world? Where the gaps exists that could be plugged to keep more BTC value within the local economy? If the baker can't buy her flour with BTC, that's a leak. If the posha mill can't buy his burlap sacks with BTC, that's a leak. If the burlap sack maker can't transport sacks to market paying in BTC, that's a leak. If you can see the leaks, you can plug them. Something like: github.com/tando-me/chords @btcmap @BitcoinEkasi @afribitcoiners @FBCEglobal @Bitcoinbeach Steal this free idea.

Building the Emergent Grid: instead of moving megawatts to computers, move computers to megawatts. gridlesscompute.com/2025/11/11/bui…

Kenya devs... start brainstorming your hackathon ideas. You have until June. Bitcoin. Ecash. Nostr. Lightning. Payments. Remittances. Privacy. Value4Value. Sovereignty. Cross-border. @minmo_to API. BDK. LDK. So much to build! 🧠 btcpp.dev/conf/nairobi

Great to have Felix bring so many different community groups to our biomass mining site.

The Cholla Innovation Lab grows - this time with the first @CormintInc air-cooled box sold to an independent customer. Super slick deployment with the integrated transformer, easiest time we've had yet with seven separate experimental deployments. Hats off to the team on a superb product!

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Back at NEMS (Nashville Energy and Mining Summit) to talk with, and hear from, some of the best people in bitcoin mining. Always the highest signal to noise event each year.

🚨@HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund is pleased to announce grants of 1.3 billion satoshis in support of 22 projects worldwide These initiatives support Bitcoin mining decentralization, education, development & freedom tech to advance civil liberties & challenge authoritarianism

@BitcoinErrorLog Turning every phone number in Kenya into a lightning address. Probably nothing.